Blacksod Lighthouse
Blacksod in 2015 | |
| Location | Mullet Peninsula, Blacksod Point, County Mayo, Ireland |
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| Coordinates | 54°05′55″N 10°03′37″W / 54.0985°N 10.0604°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1864 |
| Construction | granite (tower) |
| Automated | 1999 |
| Height | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Shape | tower rising from a 2-story keeper's house |
| Markings | Unpainted (house), white (lantern) |
| Operator | Commissioners of Irish Lights |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1864 |
| Focal height | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Range | 12 nmi (22 km; 14 mi) (white), 9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi) (red) |
| Characteristic | Fl(2) WR 7.5s |
| Ireland no. | CIL-1870 |
Blacksod Lighthouse (Gaelic: Fód Dubh) is a lighthouse at the southern end of the Mullet Peninsula, Erris, County Mayo, at the entrance to Blacksod Bay. It is made of local granite blocks, which came from the Beaufort quarries, a nearby outcrop of high-quality granite.
The keeper's house consists of single story rooms with a square tower leading to a castellated building. It was occupied by a resident lighthouse keeper. Blacksod is of unusual design for a lighthouse, being one of only two true square lighthouses in Ireland, it has small conical lantern section on top, which is painted white.